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TV Shoutout: Mr. Robot
Mr. Robot is a fresh new show, but it quickly captured our attention and we don’t want you to miss it!
What it is about: Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek) is a socially-challenged cyber-security engineer who moonlights as a hacking vigilante, and discovers a hacking group with a mysterious endgame.
Why you should watch it: Plenty of things, from big to small details, set Mr. Robot apart from other courses we usually have on TV. Firstly, it is one of very few shows on TV that accurately portrays hacking—and the life and technology around it (Sam Esmail, the creator, was a coder I believe). For the ones who care, it is a very big deal since the portrayal of technology in most TV and movies has generally been... questionable.
Secondly, Mr. Robot explores the ongoing, and very relevant, fight between 99-percenters vs 1-percenters. Which might sound too vague and nebulous for some, but Mr. Robot smartly keeps the focus small—focusing on Elliot and the people he encounters instead. To keep things short, I’d just say Elliot himself is also a very interesting character, brought to life by Rami Malek’s intense talent.
Mr. Robot is also a very beautiful show to watch with a cinematic flair, and there are little touches that makes the show feel inherently progressive. Although definitely not in any significant roles (except one, for now), an Indian man, a Chinese, a gay, and young woman with hijab had all been portrayed during the total 2 episodes that had aired. It also recognizes the presence of misogyny in the tech world, and in general Mr. Robot is a very prescient show.
And it’s a damn good thriller.
Who should watch it: The ones who enjoy psychological thriller—especially Fight Club in regards to Elliot’s psychological state and Mr. Robot’s nihilism (and fans are calling it, there might be Tyler Durden-esque twist coming!)—or just general thriller, really. The techies. The paranoids, the secret anarchists, and just general TV/movie lover.
Where you should start: It’s been only a couple of episodes, so yeah, from the start. You can jump ahead to whatever episode airing, but you’ll miss the brilliant, movie-like pilot.
Status: 2 of 10 episodes already aired, and second season has been greenlighted due to strong buzz!
Bonus: The first 4-minute clip of Mr. Robot, watch!
Looking Forward to Grace Hopper 2015
Unsure of whether to call it the Grace Hopper Conference or Celebration I’m going to postulate that it is both. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) is a collection of conferences where computer scientists can learn about the latest technology, participate in tech workshops, network and build soft skills. The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and the Association for Computing Machinery initiated GHC named after the computer scientist Grace Hopper. Hopper coined the term debugging, after picking bugs out of her computer and invented the first compiler, allowing programming languages to be more human-like.
Aspiring or seasoned computer scientist GHC sounds like the place to be, described by my peers in NCWIT (National Center for Women and Information Technology). In high school I became one of NCWIT’s MN State Affiliate Aspiration in Computing Award winners and since then have heard of networking stories, tales of learning experience and good times from GHC goers.
As a current Co-Op at NASA’s Johnson Space Center I have been sent on a mission to learn as much as I can and share with my department how these acquired skills will help them. As an NCWITer I will be able to connect with other like-minded women and attend their networking events. I have been browsing through the conference schedule and crafted a comprehensive itinerary filled with keynote presentations, professional development, and hands on tech projects.
Sessions on my itinerary I am most excited for include “Communicating for Impact and Influence”, “Design and Development Considerations in Serious Games”, “Bank of America Technical Women Luncheon”, “Speed Mentoring Breakfast with Microsoft”, and “Data Science: NASA”.
WAYS TO GET INVOLVED
I will be live tweeting and live blogging the event
Check out this year’s sessions and think about joining in next year
Watch keynotes from past events
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𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝. 𝕀 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖, 𝕣𝕦𝕝𝕖𝕤, 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕚𝕥 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤, 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕙 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕙 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕙. 𝕋𝕠𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕪 𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕀 𝕕𝕠 𝕤𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕤 (𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕝) 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖. 𝕀𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖’𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℕ𝕐ℂ ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕖 𝕒 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕝.
ℍ𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕪 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀’𝕞 𝕒 𝕓𝕚𝕘 𝕗𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕓𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕕 (𝕚𝕗 𝕀 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕚𝕥). 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝’𝕤 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 “𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟”. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕟, 𝕞𝕪 𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕. 𝔸𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.
𝕆𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕀 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕕𝕒𝕡𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖. 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥, 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗/𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕀 𝕥𝕠𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖 (𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕤 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖), 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕓𝕛𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕/𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤, 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 (𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕕𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕟𝕪𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕪) ((𝕡𝕝𝕦𝕤 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕖𝕩𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕞𝕖𝕟’𝕤 𝕡𝕤𝕪𝕔𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕪 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤, 𝕘𝕒𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥/𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡/𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝𝕓𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣)).
𝕌𝕟𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕪 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕞𝕚𝕞𝕚𝕔 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥, 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀’𝕞 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕩𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖.. 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕚𝕗 𝕀 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕜 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕘𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕙… 𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕨 𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖 (𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕧𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖) 𝕄𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕒 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕤𝕜 𝕞𝕖.
𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝.. 𝕀 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥. ℂ𝕚𝕒𝕠
𝔐𝔵. 𝔅.
